"quarantine flag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quarantine flags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quarantine flag (plural quarantine flags)
  1. (nautical) A black and yellow flag (signal flag LIMA) formerly hoisted by a ship to show that it has contagious or infectious disease aboard, or by a ship that has been quarantined. This use was listed in Brown’s 1916 code of signals, but this use is no longer listed in contemporary editions of the International Code of Signals. Categories (topical): Flags, Nautical Translations (yellow flag): 檢疫旗 (Chinese Mandarin), 检疫旗 (jiǎnyìqí) (Chinese Mandarin), baner enysekter [masculine] (Cornish), karanteenilippu (Finnish), drapeau jaune [masculine] (French), 検疫信号 (ken'eki shingō) (Japanese), 検疫旗 (ken'ekiki) (Japanese), жёлтый флаг (žóltyj flag) [masculine] (Russian), каранти́нный флаг (karantínnyj flag) [masculine] (Russian)

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